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Title: Ethiopian tribesmen eat blood and milk diet to get fat
Post by: TylerDurden on November 01, 2013, 05:38:41 am

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2480870/Ethiopian-Bodi-tribe-big-beautiful-men-compete-fattest.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2480870/Ethiopian-Bodi-tribe-big-beautiful-men-compete-fattest.html)

Title: Re: Ethiopian tribesmen eat blood and milk diet to get fat
Post by: eveheart on November 01, 2013, 08:03:21 am

Great headline: "Ethiopian men compete to be the fattest in the village by drinking a gruesome mixture of blood and milk..." Here in the US, we get way fatter by adding high-fructose corn syrup to everything in our fat-free diets.

Title: Re: Ethiopian tribesmen eat blood and milk diet to get fat
Post by: Dr. D on November 01, 2013, 08:30:04 am

I like how all the comments talk about the nudity in the photos. We have a gruesome aversion to nudity in Western cultures.

Being fat is a sign of abundance. Their culture takes that a little to the extreme making the poor men unhealthy to where they have trouble walking, one of humans most basic functions as well as their only athletic ability that trumps other animals; we can walk all day, everyday, other animals can't. To lose that ability seems like an evolutionary disadvantage IMO, so it goes to show how much culture can trump necessity.

Title: Re: Ethiopian tribesmen eat blood and milk diet to get fat
Post by: goodsamaritan on November 02, 2013, 08:09:13 pm

Thanks Tyler, awesome find.

Title: Re: Ethiopian tribesmen eat blood and milk diet to get fat
Post by: PaleoPhil on November 02, 2013, 09:48:33 pm

I thought I had discussed the Bodi fat men before in this forum, but I see it was at a couple other forums. Sorry I didn't mention it before, Tyler, as they are a good example for your anti-milk case, at least for people who are trying to lose weight. It's no surprise that they never get mentioned by the most fervent dairy fans like the WAPF.  ;D

Title: Re: Ethiopian tribesmen eat blood and milk diet to get fat
Post by: HIT_it_RAW on November 14, 2013, 07:00:58 pm

What I found the most intriguing is that they get rid of the extra bodyweight in a few weeks!
They don't look all that fat to me. Mostly extremely bloated. That would also explain how they get rid of it so fast.